If anyone's wondering, I'm still sick. I know the viruses are gone, but the healers seem overworked so I'll wait until later.
Piper, any progress on that project I mentioned?
[Had already teleported in, just before the last sentence.]
And what, pray tell, is this project?
[there's the sound of a pen rolling off the table and clattering to the floor]
What the--
[warily] What are you doing here?
[A bit of a grin forms on his face.]
I've come to deliver a pair of messages. Simple ones, but I felt it would be proper to deliver them in person.
[a pause] And these message don't involve large, sharp and pointy objects do they?
No. Not this time, at the least. So you can stop preparing to disappear into thin air.
[relaxing ever so slightly]
Then what are these messages?
[The grin fades altogether.]
The first is an apology of sorts. As I've come to understand, neither of us were really ourselves. The result was that. I apologize for my part in that.
[long silence as his gaze kind of flickers away]
I'm... sorry about that, too. I don't really think that, by the way. I... know what it's like to lose someone, too. So... sorry.
[A slight twitch on his face. Uncomfortable topic alert.]
Something I've come to understand. Regardless, my second message is a warning. I'm not an overly violent individual, but I won't simply turn the other cheek. Despite that being out of your control, if the situation arises were something of this nature occurs again, it will not end as swiftly and as cleanly as it did prior to this. Am I clear?
[in a hard voice] Crystal.
[A single nod]
Good. Then we're done here. Hopefully, there will be no other occurrences in the future.
Uh, yeah. I have a warning of my own for you, though: don't piss off Piper. Not if you want to stay in one piece.
That strong then?
[Cue one half grin.]
I'll keep that in mind. Nothing more dangerous than a mother when her child is in danger.
... yeah. You do that.
[Nothing else. He just poofs away.]
[and this is Chris finally retrieving the fallen pen before he starts tapping it thoughtfully]
That was different.
(OoC: Chris is green while Vergil is blue~ \o/
EDIT: None of you saw anything. >__>)
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